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Beach March 21, 2018

4 up-close encounters with sea creatures

Sharks and whales and manatees鈥攐h my! For a kid fascinated by marine life, there鈥檚 nothing more exciting than interacting with a finned friend in its natural habitat. Got a water baby in your family? Here are four encounters that let you get up-close and personal with some not-so-scary sea creatures.

Travel Gear March 21, 2018

10 most iconic places to photograph

Recently I was asked if I could name a 鈥渂ucket list鈥� of iconic places in the world for photographers. It didn鈥檛 take long. Certain places attract photographers like magnets attract iron filings; we are drawn to them without quite knowing why. Nor do we absolutely have to know. For some of us it will simply be the joy of collecting the trophy pictures we鈥檝e always wanted to take. But for others, myself included, the exercise has something more to do with understanding both ourselves and the world. Here is my list (not terribly original, I鈥檒l admit), with my reflections on why these places are iconic to me. I鈥檓 absolutely sure that everyone will have a different top ten. But just as going there and taking the pictures was a deeply rich experience, so too is the simple act of asking which ones鈥攁nd why?

Evolution March 21, 2018

Amazing places to swim with sharks

Nothing sends ocean swimmers fleeing for shore faster than a fin sighting. The word shark alone is enough to scare most people, immediately calling to mind the menacing theme song for the movie "Jaws"鈥攁nd, of course, all the gruesome attack scenes therein. But some people look past the sensationalism and all those razor-sharp teeth (up to 15 rows of them) to see sharks for what they really are鈥攕treamlined, beautiful animals that are fantastically adapted to their environment. (There鈥檚 a reason they鈥檝e been around for 64 million years.) For those brave souls, the thrill of floating alongside these big fish far outweighs the fright. And in truth, many sharks pose a bigger threat to plankton than to surfers or other fish鈥攖hough swimming alongside them still lends plenty of bragging rights. In order to do it, you鈥檒l need a boat (in most cases, anyway) and local knowledge to find the fish. The surest bet is to hire a local guide service or naturalist who can take you out, outfit you with snorkels or dive gear, and鈥攑erhaps most important鈥攍et you know how close is too close. We scoured the globe to come up with some great guide services that offer you a glimpse inside the watery world of the oceans鈥� most-feared fish. They鈥檒l take you on daylong dive and snorkeling charters, set you up on a live-aboard yacht for extended, all-inclusive trips, and even load you into a deep-sea submersible to get a Cousteau-style look at some seriously creepy (and rare) creatures.聽 That underscores another fascinating fact about sharks鈥攎ore than the much-maligned Great White, there are 470 species of sharks prowling the world's oceans. There are bus-sized, plankton-eating whale sharks that you can snorkel up to and touch; little lemon sharks that you can lift out of the water (literally, but we don't recommend it鈥�their "nibbles" can cause serious injury); streamlined makos that blast through the water at upwards of 25 mph; bottom-dwelling nurse sharks who are sort of like catfish of the sea; and, yes, 5,000-pound apex predators called Great Whites. It鈥檚 up to you what shark you want to see, and how close you want to get. Some you can reach out and touch, others are best kept on the other side of a thick steel cage. With that in mind, here are the best places in the world to get nose-to-snout with sharks.

Oceans March 21, 2018

California beaches reopen after raw sewage spill, investigation for cause ensues: report

Eight beaches on California's Central Coast reopened this week after nearly 5 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Pacific, while an investigation has opened to find the cause, officials said Tuesday.

Oceans March 7, 2018

Tens of thousands of dead sea creatures wash up on British beach

When British photographer Lara Maiklem heard tens of thousands of sea creatures washed up on a beach near Kent, England, over the weekend she had to see the scene for herself.

Oceans February 14, 2018

Deep-sea volcanic vents incubate eggs for these underwater moms

Skates 鈥� flat, diamond-shaped fish that are related to sharks and rays 鈥� incubate their eggs for as much as four years or more, longer than most animals on Earth.

Oceans February 13, 2018

Scientists rush to explore underwater world hidden for 120,000 years

A huge, trillion-ton iceberg about the size of Delaware broke free from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. As it moved away from its chilly birth mom and into the Weddell Sea, a vast expanse of water saw the light for the first time in up to 120,000 years.

Oceans February 8, 2018

Science or silence? My battle to question doomsayers about the Great Barrier Reef

Around the world, people have heard about the impending extinction of the Great Barrier Reef: some 133,000 square miles of magnificent coral stretching for 1,400 miles off the north-eastern coast of Australia.

Pollution January 24, 2018

Flood of garbage hits beach in Lebanon, sparks outrage

Incredible images show a flood of trash on a beach in Lebanon that has sparked outrage in the country.

Oceans January 23, 2018

1.7-billion-year-old chunk of North America found sticking to Australia

Geologists matching rocks from opposite sides of the globe have found that part of Australia was once attached to North America 1.7 billion years ago.

Sharks January 8, 2018

Hero whale saves snorkeler from tiger shark in the Pacific Ocean

Stunning images show the moment that a 50,000-pound humpback whale pushed a snorkeler through the water to protect her from a nearby shark.